ayatullah
التعريفات والمعاني
== Indonesian ==
=== Alternative forms ===
ayatollah (Standard Malay)
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Classical Persian آیَتُاللّٰه (āyatu-l-lāh), borrowed from Arabic آيَةُ اللّٰه (ʔāyatu llāh).
=== Noun ===
ayatullah (plural ayatullah-ayatullah)
sign from the God Almighty
=== Noun ===
ayatullah (plural ayatullah-ayatullah or para ayatullah)
(Shia Islam) ayatollah (a religious leader in Twelverism)
=== Further reading ===
“ayatullah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016